A Revised Typology of Place-Naming

David Blair; Jan Tent

doi:10.5195/names.2021.2260

A Revised Typology of Place-Naming

David Blair, Jan Tent^*

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Department of Linguistics

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Abstract

A functional and systematic typology of toponyms is an essential instrument for the toponymist wishing to investigate the naming practices and patterns of a region or era. To this end, the Australian National Placenames Survey developed a toponym typology for Australia (Tent & Blair 2011). This was characterized as a “typology of motivations for naming”. Although various researchers have used this typology with seeming success, further application of the typology to the survey’s database of toponyms has revealed the need for a re-evaluation of the naming process. This has occasioned a modification of some toponym categories, generating a revised typology which can be considered a “typology of expressions of the naming intention.”.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-47
Number of pages	18
Journal	Names
Volume	69
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5195/names.2021.2260
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2021

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toponym
typology
motivation
intention
expression
placename
classification

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